Yuzhnaya Bay
| Yuzhnaya Bay | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Black Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°36′26.05″N 33°31′52.29″E / 44.6072361°N 33.5311917°E |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Russia/Ukraine[1] |
| Salinity | 18 ‰ |
| Settlements | Sevastopol |
Yuzhnaya Bay is one of the harbour bays in Sevastopol.
On March 22, 2014, during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Russian forces captured the only Ukrainian submarine, known as the Zaporizhya, and took it to Yuzhnaya Bay, according to Vladislav Seleznyov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military.[2]
References
- ↑ This place is located on the Crimean Peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, there are federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula.
- ↑ Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska (22 March 2014). "Russian troops smash way into Ukraine airbase in Crimea". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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